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RSS FeedsDave Feschuk: Raptors hope they have the right amount of fear for closing time
(The Star Food)

 
 

10 june 2019 01:10:55

 
Dave Feschuk: Raptors hope they have the right amount of fear for closing time
(The Star Food)
 


If you’re looking for reasons to believe an NBA empire is in the midst of crumbling, that we’re about to witness one of the great moments in Toronto sports history on Monday night, you don’t even need to be a delusional Toronto-based optimist. The Raptors beat the Warriors in Game 4 in the same way Golden State’s early-exiting fans beat the traffic. And suddenly, with Toronto up 3-1 in the series, the swagger Warriors all-star Draymond Green exhibited in the wake of Toronto’s Game 3 win – “Fun times ahead,” Green insisted, all but guaranteeing three straight Warrior victories — was non-existent. If the Warriors looked broken, it’s only because the Raptors, based on the current evidence, are the better team. They’ve proven it over the opening four games of the series. They’ve proven in going 7-1 in their last eight games against the two best teams in the NBA standings not based in Toronto. Kawhi Leonard is a basketball-playing nuclear weapon. Masai Ujiri has put together a high-IQ lineup that appears unshakable.So the idea that the Raptors are about to squash all hope of a Warriors three-peat while winning Toronto’s first big-three sports championship in more than a quarter century — while simultaneously and monumentally breaking the Drake curse— it’s not just the overnight campers in Jurassic Park hoping it’ll happen. It’s what any reasonable observer of this series has to expect will happen. Suddenly, the two-time defending champions are distinct long shots.Which, by definition, means they still have a shot. Which is why the Raptors were approaching the always difficult closeout game with what Danny Green, the veteran shooting guard and 2014 NBA champion, described as “appropriate fear.”“It’s not scared. But respectfully fearing them,” Green said Sunday. “Not many times have we seen a team come back from down 3-1. But w ...


 
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